Open AccessCreating Learning and Teaching Spaces for Transformative and Transdisciplinary Research: The Transformative Innovation Lab
Author(s) -
Matthias Wanner,
Philip Bernert,
Nele Fischer,
Martina Schmitt
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
didac
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0185-3872
DOI - 10.48102/didac.2021..78_jul-dic.83
Subject(s) - transformative learning , experiential learning , reflexivity , sustainability , engineering ethics , sociology , futures contract , knowledge management , pedagogy , engineering , computer science , business , social science , ecology , finance , biology
For achieving a transition towards sustainable development, central importance is attached to science and education, and especially higher education. Suitable formats are needed for empowering students to perform transformative research. On the basis of transdisciplinary and transformative real-world laboratory research and futures studies, we develop encompassing learning and teaching module: the Transformative Innovation Lab (TIL). The lab builds on insights into five key competencies and three types of knowledge needed for developing socially robust sustainability innovations. In this paper, the main features of this experiential and reflexive format are presented and linked to a handbook for facilitating the lab. Central learnings for implementing the format in existing study programmes from two test runs at two German universities are shared and discussed.